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Jan. 1925- 1,5227% I. H. HELLMAN CONTAINER Filed Jan. l4 1924 IN VEN 70EH 7 702 NE Patented Jan. 13, 1925.

ISAAC H. HELLMAN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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Application filed January 14,1924. Serial No. 686,073;

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC H. HELLMAN, a c tizen of the United States,residing at the c1ty of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Containers, of which the followingis a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,forming a part thereof.

This invention relates generally to containers and, more particularly,to a certain new and useful improvement in containers of the tube typeespecially adapted for toothpaste, shaving-cream, medicinal salves, andthe like. i

My invention has for its chief object the provision of a container ofthe type stated and its stopper-cap with spring means for conjointly sofastening or securing the cap and container together that the cap may befreely seated 'in closing position upon or removed from the containerand upon removal is yieldingly swung laterally or transversely away fromthe mouth of the containerand supported conveniently at hand for readyreplacement.

With the above and other objects in view, my present invention residesin the novel features of form, construction, arrangement,

and combination of parts hereinafter described and afterwards pointedout in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a fragmental elevational Viewof a container and its stopper-cap embodying my invention,

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same. Referring now more in detail and'byreference characters to the drawing, which illustrates a preferredembodiment of my invention, 1 designates a container of preferablystandard collapsible tube form or type especially adapted forshaving-cream, tooth-paste, medicinal salves, and the like. At its upperend, tube 1 is reduced, as at 2, and centrally provided with anoutletneck 3 externally threaded, as at i, and

formed with a circumferential groove or recess 5.

Adapted to seat on neck 3 and internally threaded for detachable orremovable enn gagement with its threads 4, is a stoppercap 6 formedorprovided with a circumferential groove 7 8 designates a cap-attachingmember, which is preferably constructed of springwire, and'which islooped upon itself and permanentlyseated at one end, as at 9, in thegroove .5 of the container-neck 3 and' similarly looped upon itself andpermanently seated at its other end, as at 10, in the groove 7 of cap 6,the permanent engagement between the member 8 and either or both theneck 3 and cap 6 being of such looseness as to allow relative freedomfor rotatory movement between the container 1 and cap 6 in boththreading the cap in closing position upon the container or inunthreading the cap for removal from the container to permit emission ofthe container-contents.

Intermediate its opposite ends 9 and 10, the member 8 is coiled uponitself, as at 11, longitudinally of the container 1, or, as it maybesaid, substantially horizontally relatively to the cap 6, as shown, sothat, when the cap 6 is unseated or removed from the neck 3, the .member8 will resiliently carry or swing the cap 6 transversely. or laterallyto one side of neck 3, as indicated by dotted lines in Figure 2.Interference with proper emission of the container-contents is thusefficiently avoided, and yet the cap 6 is supported upon the containerin such manner as to be conveniently ready at hand for replacement inclosingposition upon the container.

My new 'cap-fastenin means is simple and inexpensive inform anconstruction and is exceedingly efficient in the performance of itsintended functions.

I am aware that-minor changes in the form, construction, arrangement,and combination of the several parts of my new container and its capfastening means may be made and substituted for those herein shown anddescribed without departing from the nature and principle of myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, wh t I claim and desire to secure byLett rs Patent is:

A container comprising a receptacle Having an outlet neck, a removablestoppercap for engagement with said outlet neck, and a spring devicecomprising a portion connected to said outlet neck; a portion connectedto said stopper cap, and a coil spring 5 connecting said portions, saidcoil s ring being horizontally disposed relative y to the stopper capand -the outlet neck and under tension when the stopper cap engages theoutlet neck whereby said stopper cap is resiliently urged away from theout- 10 let neck when disengaged therefrom.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

ISAAC H. HELLMAN.

